World Series Schedule 2014: TV Info and Live Stream for Royals vs. Giants Game 3

After a day of travel, the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals are back in action for Game 3 of the 2014 World Series. Through two games these teams are even at 1-1, but it was certainly a roller-coaster ride to this point.

The Giants dominated Game 1, as the Royals didn't have an answer for a near-flawless Madison Bumgarner. However, Kansas City stormed back in Game 2, utilizing a hot-handed lineup, savvy baserunning and great relief pitching en route to a decisive victory.

While San Francisco may have a bit of an upper hand having won a road contest, the Royals have the momentum coming into Game 3 on the heels of a great performance. Will home-field advantage lead to another Giants win, or will the Royals keep rolling?

As we impatiently await these teams to return to action, let's break down all of the essential viewing information and preview the impending contest.

Game 3 Viewing Information

Series: Tied 1-1

When: Friday, October 24

Where: AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Time: 8:07 p.m. ET

Channel: Fox

Live Stream: MLB.tv (requires subscription)

Game 3 Preview

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The Royals begin their three-game road stint in San Francisco with veteran Jeremy Guthrie on the mound. He fared well in his last playoff outing, lasing 5.1 innings and giving up thee hits and one earned run for a 1.80 ERA against the Baltimore Orioles. While that was a solid outing, there's still cause for concern.

Through those 5.1 innings, Guthrie's pitch count reached 94. That's quite a high number at that point in a game, and it's not a good omen against San Francisco's lineup. Chock-full of great hitters, the Giants are capable of producing tough at-bats and quickly elevating the pitch counts of opposing pitchers. In Game 1, Kansas City's pitch count reached 177. It even reached 149 in Game 2 despite the Giants only notching two runs in a loss.

Although, San Francisco shouldn't expect to rely on the long ball, as Andy McCullough of The Kansas City Star tweeted how well the pitcher has guarded against home runs since giving up three in one game:

Making matters even more difficult for the road team will be its inexperience in AT&T Park. The Royals are known to be a great team on defense, but the swirling winds of the bay area tend to make even the most routine plays rather interesting.

Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer expressed his inexperience in the park during an interview with The Associated Press, via the Los Angeles Times: "I know absolutely nothing. I've heard nothing but good things about it, the atmosphere and the energy the crowd brings. I've always wanted to play there. I'm sure going for the first time for a World Series game, it should be fun."

The Giants are sending 39-year-old veteran Tim Hudson to the mound to start Game 3. Hudson is making his first career World Series start, according to Baseball Tonight:

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After 16 seasons and 468 career starts, a first for Tim Hudson. http://t.co/08ZfnFAU06 #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/xqga4hqrqU

— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) October 23, 2014"

We'll see if his nerves are affected early in the game.

So far this postseason, Hudson has produced mixed results. He went 7.1 innings, allowing seven hits and one run against the Washington Nationals, but he only managed to last 6.1 innings against the St. Louis Cardinals after allowing seven hits and four runs.

Hudson isn't much of a strikeout artist and the fact that he's allowed 14 hits over his past two games is slightly concerning. We saw the kind of hot streak Kansas City's lineup is able to produce when they rattled off five runs in the sixth inning of Game 2. Hudson will give the Royals plenty of chances to duplicate that feat due to the amount of hits that should find their way in play.

If the Giants can get to Guthrie early, they have a great chance of notching another win. This will force the Royals to go to the bullpen early and bring hittable relievers in the game rather than studs like Kelvin Herrera or Wade Davis.

Conversely, if the Royals can continue playing their brand of baseball by using intelligent baserunning to get into scoring position and capitalizing at the plate in those scenarios, the team can simply ride its impeccable bullpen to another victory.

Game 3, like the remaining World Series contests, should prove to be yet another unpredictable affair.